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الاثنين، 10 فبراير 2014

Jeff Archer: The Lie about Incubators in Iraq

Jeff Archer: The Lie about Incubators in Iraq

Today, we hear about child abuse and the subject is well-discussed.
On October 10, 1990, one of the world’s most infamous incidents of child
abuse occurred and was seen worldwide: a 15-year-old Kuwaiti girl,
using the name Nayirah, testified before US government officials that
she saw Iraqi troops in Kuwait rip babies from incubators and left them
on the floor to die while they sent the incubators to Baghdad. We all
know today that was a lie. Her father, the Kuwaiti Ambasssdor to the US,
Saud Bin Nasir Al-Sabah, concoted the story and along with the pubic
relations firm, Hill and Knowlton, coached her for hours before her
testimony. I would think that forcing one’s 15-yeaer-old daugther to lie
to the world would surely be a blatant incident of child abuse. Soon
after, a bogus book called “The Rape of Kuwait” emerged and re-told the
incubator lies. It sold many books. When asked if the Kuwaiti government
financed the book in any way, the author, Jean Sasson and the
publisher, Knightsbridge became very offended in their denial. Well, the
Kuwaiitis certainly did finance the book and included an extra half
million dollars to the publisher for him to do whatever he wanted with
the money. Below are the two pages of a letter sent from the Ambassador
on December 27, 1990, giving details about the Kuwaiti government
financing the project. It states that no one except the publisher, the
author and the Kuwaiti Embassy should ever see the letter’s contents.Source